0690 Suicide in fear of sin
"Qiang slaves really have no faith at all, they really deceive people too much!"
In the Xiangdong Palace, in Jiangling City, the King of Xiangdong held the letter with one hand, and clenched his fist with the other hand and waved angrily, the only eye was full of anger, and he roared in his mouth: "Today's family and country are uneasy, I should have decided on civil strife before eliminating trouble, and I have always treated this northern Qiang slave with courtesy." In the past, the soldiers chased Shao Ling and were also subject to his will, but now he has obtained the stubborn people who have sent me to the place, so that I am in a dilemma of love and righteousness! Wolf ambition, hateful, hateful! ”
Although the people in the palace didn't know what was going on, they were all silent when they saw that the king was so angry, and they didn't dare to inquire at will.
After venting, the anger in the heart of the king of Xiangdong decreased slightly and the worry was even worse, and he withdrew the other personnel, leaving only a few henchmen in the hall, and only after a little muttering, he said in a deep voice: "The Qiang slave wants to force me to expose the ugly deeds, but if I don't deal with it, let Shao Ling enter Jiangling, and the harm will be particularly deep." Fang Jin is trying his best to fight the enemy, and it is even more unsuitable to be disturbed by this miscellaneous situation, and he must not let Shao Ling enter the mansion! ”
After hearing this, several henchmen exchanged glances, and they didn't dare to say anything, but just nodded in response: "The king is wise!" ”
The king of Xiangdong only turned a deaf ear to these sycophants, and his only eye was full of worry, and after a while, he sighed again: "You wait and hold the poison, go north to welcome it on the same day, and you don't need to collect it after drinking the poison, just throw it away, don't let the people of Jiangling be distracted by this!" ”
After hearing this, several henchmen were busy and nodded their heads, lest they would be punished by the king if they were too late.
After deciding to poison King Shaoling's brother on the way, King Xiangdong's mood relaxed a little, and then he began to think about whether there was still room for beautification of the technique, and not to be too direct and criticized.
After a while, he spoke again: "Go and summon a few members of the mansion, Shao Ling's former family, to see him." ”
Before the king of Xiangdong sent Wang Seng Bi to Yingzhou to force the king of Shaoling, the king of Shaoling was cowardly forced to leave, and then a group of subordinate assistants took refuge in the situation.
After forcing away King Shaoling, the king of Xiangdong did not pursue these people much, and in the absence of a fierce conflict of interest and anger against himself, the king of Xiangdong was relatively generous. This is also one of the reasons why many Jiangnan people defected to Jiangling after the fall of Jiankang, of course, they have no other better direction to go to Jiangling.
Soon several former officials of the king of Shaoling were introduced into the palace, and after accepting a few people to bow down, the king of Xiangdong looked at a few people and said with a smile: "You wait for the old Shaoling, or because of the attack of my former envoys, you have a secret grudge in your heart......"
After several people heard this, they shook their heads again and again and said no, and they didn't dare to show their grievances in front of King Xiangdong.
"Whether there is it or not, you can know my heart at ease! Shao Ling is rash and difficult to code the army, if he is not stupid, why would Jiangnan cause a catastrophe? Today, my subordinate Xu Wensheng and others are facing off against thieves in Yingzhou, although the thieves are fierce, it is difficult to enter! You ask yourself, if Shao Ling is still around, can you control the thief so strictly? ”
Hearing the boast of the King of Xiangdong, several former officials of the King of Shaoling were also quite unhappy in their hearts, but they could only nod with a smile and respond: "The king is wise and resolute, and he is indeed the best choice for destroying thieves and helping Sheji!" ”
"In the former, I made Wang Seng argue that Xu Zhi moved to Xiangzhou, but Shao Ling refused to follow me, and there was nothing to attach to Langhuai, but he was broken and captured by the Wei people and sent to Jiangling, and now he is on the way."
The king of Xiangdong looked at a few people again and said with a smile: "Now you are still waiting for the old master, and you will quickly go north to greet each other." It is necessary to keep in mind the right way of careful assistance and rules, if not, the punishment will not be disturbed! ”
After several people heard this, they were surprised and entangled for a while. Although King Shaoling is unbearable, he is still the head of the clan, and if he can arch from his side, they will not be sent under the fence and be excluded and suppressed. But what the king of Xiangdong said was so benevolent and open-minded, but it made them a little surprised.
But no matter what they thought, the king of Xiangdong did not give them a choice, even if he ordered a few henchmen who had been ordered before to bring these people to pack up and prepare to go out of the city.
When the group of people walked out of the Xiangdong Palace, one of the former officials of the King of Shaoling suddenly shouted to a pedestrian on the side of the street: "When did Master Wei come to Jiangling?" ”
The pedestrian was Wei Ding, who had previously sent an envoy to the north, because the result of his envoy's negotiations with Li Tai was not good, and he knew that the king of Shaoling might not be able to last long, so after returning to his life, he found an excuse to leave Qichang, and then went to Jiangling.
Hearing the shout, Wei Ding turned his head to look, and even though he recognized a few former officials of the King of Shaoling, he walked up and said: "I don't want to meet you, Xu joined the army and entered Jiangling early, he must have settled down, why is he dressed up again and seems to be traveling far away?" ”
Among the several people, a scribe of the same age as Wei Ding was named Xu Heng, a native of Anlu, who was summoned into the palace by King Shaoling to avoid trouble in Yingzhou in the old years, and when he heard Wei Ding's question, Xu Heng sighed and told the instructions of the king of Xiangdong.
After Wei Ding heard this, his face changed slightly.
Xu Heng spoke again: "Master Wei seems to be a newcomer to Jiangling, if there is still nowhere to run, why don't you go out to welcome the king of Shaoling together?" The king of Xiangdong said that he would put the king of Xiangzhou, and then the government of the government would also need talent......
After Wei Ding heard this, he first groaned slightly, and then said apologetically: "I have relatives who need to visit the city this time, and I will send slaves to tell each other before that I can't break the contract, so I can only invite you to join the army." ”
After Xu Heng and the others heard this, they couldn't help but show disappointment, but they also knew that everyone had their own ambitions and it was inconvenient to force them, and the subordinates of the king of Xiangdong who were traveling together couldn't help but urge, so they could only regret their resignation.
Wei Ding stood on the street and looked at the back of this group of people leaving, his expression changed a few times, after all, he still couldn't hold back, and then hurried a few steps to catch up, signaling Xu Heng to get close to him and then whispered: "Xiangdong has never been called by virtue and righteousness, and this trip may not be able to get good results. ”
Xu Heng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and when he saw Wei Ding's serious expression, he nodded heavily before going on the road again.
Because he did not get the clear order of the king of Xiangdong, the envoy Zong Yi and his party did not dare to return to Jiangling directly, and when they arrived at Shicheng, where the border between the two countries was located, they simply stopped, and let the Wei people urge, but refused to leave the country.
In this way, he brazenly delayed for several days, and it was not until late February that the envoy sent by the king of Xiangdong to greet him finally came to Shicheng.
After meeting each other, they finally took over the king of Shaoling from the Wei army that had escorted them here. Because of the advice of the king of Xiangdong, several henchmen did not dare to poison the king of Shaoling directly in Shicheng, so as not to give the Wei people another opportunity to meddle and make a big publicity.
Xu Heng and several other former officials of the King of Shaoling naturally wanted to serve the King of Shaoling at the first time, but their request was not granted. The Xiangdong royal palace guards from Jiangling defended the Shaoling king's regiment, completely preventing others from approaching and talking to the king of Shaoling.
After a day of marching, the group arrived at the territory of Jingling County. Obviously, you can enter the city and stay in the city after a short walk, but the henchmen of the king of Xiangdong, who arranged the trip, insisted on sleeping in the wilderness.
Early the next morning, some soldiers entered the camp of King Shaoling, and shouted loudly: "The king has committed suicide by poisoning!" ”
When everyone in the camp heard the news, they saw King Shaoling lying in the tent, with black and red blood stains on his mouth and nose, and his face was pale, and he had already been angry for a long time.
"How could the king, the king, kill himself?"
Xu Heng and other former officials were shocked when they saw this, and wanted to rush to the tent to investigate carefully, but they were blocked by the guards of the Xiangdong Royal Mansion with weapons.
A henchman of the king of Xiangdong said loudly: "Fang Jin's family and country are in trouble, and there are many events inside and outside, it is the time for the loyal and righteous people in the country to work together and restore the society!" The king of Xiangdong holds the military government, gathers the crowd to settle the chaos, and all the loyal and brave people are given reuse!
King Shaoling is obscene, full of bad deeds, guilty of no merit in the Zong family, because of his close relatives, the king of Xiangdong has repeatedly forgiven him, and now he redeems foreign states and grants him a state appointment, but after all, King Shaoling can not be in love with the righteousness, live up to the grace, commit suicide in fear of sin, abandon people, and die is not a pity!
The king has an order, such a disregard for the danger of the family and the country, and the evil and unrelenting people, should be abandoned in the wilderness, how can the family and the country spend money to bury! ”
Everyone present was not stupid, and after hearing this, they still didn't know what the real situation was. And Xu Heng and other former officials of King Shaoling also understood at this time that the King of Xiangdong sent them over just to let them, the former officials, witness the fate of King Shaoling being abandoned by heaven and man.
If there are any rumors about this in the future, they will naturally ask. And these former officials witnessed the death of King Shaoling and did not take the funeral, which naturally confirmed that King Shaoling's death was not a pity!
After poisoning King Shaoling, the group packed up and continued on the road, and the body of King Shaoling was directly abandoned here and no one took it away, and Xu Heng and other former officials were locked up and escorted back to Jiangling for the crime of failure.
Although Xu Heng is not an elderly man in the southern country, he is also rarely famous, and he is deeply appreciated and valued by Liu Zhixuan and others in Nanyang, so there is no shortage of relatives and friends in Jiangling. Some people couldn't bear to see him suffer such a wrong, so they simply took advantage of the guards' negligence on the way and quietly let him go.
Although he was free, Xu Heng didn't know where to go for a while, and he remembered Wei Ding's parting words in his mind, so he walked back to the place where King Shaoling was poisoned and abandoned, made straw felt with dry grass, wrapped the body of King Shaoling, and cried all the way along the Han River to the north, straight to Xiangyang, where King Xiao Jing of Liang was sitting.
Xiao Jing, the king of Liang, was already full of a sense of crisis, although he had Li Tai from the north behind him as a backer, but he was also afraid that the king of Xiangdong would send troops to attack Xiangyang, so he arranged many city guards in the south of Xiangyang as a guard.
After Xu Heng traveled north for two days, he was discovered by the Xiangyang scouts, and after interrogating him, he hurriedly reported the news to Xiangyang, and at the same time escorted the bodies of Xu Heng and King Shao Ling all the way back to Xiangyang.
Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry.,It's a little bit of a human exchange near the Mid-Autumn Festival.,Let's update a chapter today.。。。